Finally got my Miata!!!!!! *PICS INSIDE*

[CTrain]

Don't listen to the hater.
That is really a great deal for that car.

How did you find that for $4600 anyhow ??
That newer version looks better than the previous ones with the pop-up headlights.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: CTrain
Don't listen to the hater.
That is really a great deal for that car.

How did you find that for $4600 anyhow ??
That newer version looks better than the previous ones with the pop-up headlights.

I disagree. But yeah, $4600 is cheap. I paid $5400 for my 94 four years ago.

 

[PCMarine]

props man... gorgeous car.

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: CTrain
Don't listen to the hater.
That is really a great deal for that car.

How did you find that for $4600 anyhow ??
That newer version looks better than the previous ones with the pop-up headlights.

lol OK I'll let out the catch. It has a salvage title. But on the upside, I have a friend that's a mazda specialist mechanic, and I had it checked out by him. He approved it, so I bought it. I was able to talk him down $900 from his original $5500 price.

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: halik
ummm did you shoot those pics thru a Cuaracao bottle or something?

Taken with my Russian Zenitar 16mm F/2.8 fisheye lens on my Pentax *ist DS

I have a Canon EFS 10-22 that can do F3.5 at 10mm. I wonder if that could produce a similar DoF.

Nice lens. Wide angle lens will not produce a small DoF. But that's where photoshop comes in. You just need to take pictures with wide angle, and make the DoF very short with photoshop, and you'll get that cool miniature effect.

 

[GTaudiophile]

For the sake of comparison, I bought a 1992 Miata in 2001. The car had 15K miles on the ODO, in like-new condition as it had been mostly garaged for 9 years. Paid $7K for it.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: halik
ummm did you shoot those pics thru a Cuaracao bottle or something?

Taken with my Russian Zenitar 16mm F/2.8 fisheye lens on my Pentax *ist DS

I have a Canon EFS 10-22 that can do F3.5 at 10mm. I wonder if that could produce a similar DoF.

Nice lens. Wide angle lens will not produce a small DoF. But that's where photoshop comes in. You just need to take pictures with wide angle, and make the DoF very short with photoshop, and you'll get that cool miniature effect.

I don't know how to do that effect? Do you "select" your object with the magic wand, then select inverse, and add blurr? I HATE using the magic wand but don't know of any other way to really isolate a subject.

 

[compuwiz1]

Nice car. And for the ricer comment in the beginning, I'm proud of you for buying a decent car. At least you didn't go buy a Civic or Accord, then hang a bunch of gawdy crap off of it. Are we ever going to get tired of fake balls?

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: halik
ummm did you shoot those pics thru a Cuaracao bottle or something?

Taken with my Russian Zenitar 16mm F/2.8 fisheye lens on my Pentax *ist DS

I have a Canon EFS 10-22 that can do F3.5 at 10mm. I wonder if that could produce a similar DoF.

Nice lens. Wide angle lens will not produce a small DoF. But that's where photoshop comes in. You just need to take pictures with wide angle, and make the DoF very short with photoshop, and you'll get that cool miniature effect.

I don't know how to do that effect? Do you "select" your object with the magic wand, then select inverse, and add blurr? I HATE using the magic wand but don't know of any other way to really isolate a subject.

Nope, I just use the blur tool.

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: compuwiz1
Nice car. And for the ricer comment in the beginning, I'm proud of you for buying a decent car. At least you didn't go buy a Civic or Accord, then hang a bunch of gawdy crap off of it. Are we ever going to get tired of fake balls?

Damn straight
Miata is a kick ass sports car, not a shoddy, wannabe-boy-racer.

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
For the sake of comparison, I bought a 1992 Miata in 2001. The car had 15K miles on the ODO, in like-new condition as it had been mostly garaged for 9 years. Paid $7K for it.

Nice.. pics?

 

[GTaudiophile]

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[wasssup]

jesus...that's going to be my goal this summer.

i WILL buy a miata at a good price dammit!

 

[RapidSnail]

Hot cars.

 

[CTrain]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: CTrain
Don't listen to the hater.
That is really a great deal for that car.

How did you find that for $4600 anyhow ??
That newer version looks better than the previous ones with the pop-up headlights.

lol OK I'll let out the catch. It has a salvage title. But on the upside, I have a friend that's a mazda specialist mechanic, and I had it checked out by him. He approved it, so I bought it. I was able to talk him down $900 from his original $5500 price.

Now it all make sense.
Its a good price to take chances on salvage title cars.

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: wasssup
jesus...that's going to be my goal this summer.

i WILL buy a miata at a good price dammit!

I searched for 3 months

 

[lrad50]

nice.

 

[McGyver]

Originally posted by: tfinch2
Nice pics except for the last one. I hate it when ricers take crooked pictures of their car.

heh, beat me to it.

 

[rhino56]

nice car, you will certainly be the hottest looking chick around in that.
i love girls in sporty cars

 

[aphex]

^

 

[aphex]

sorry, meant to bump my fsft thread, dunno how that happened

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: rhino56
nice car, you will certainly be the hottest looking chick around in that.
i love girls in sporty cars

Nothing like a Miata to make a girl's head turn. Happens to me all the time! When I had it at GA Tech, girls would line up to go for a ride in it.

 

[ForumMaster]

dang. that's really good condition (atleast from the outside) for $4600. great deal man! you are so lucky.

 

[AmigaMan]

yeah I used to be one of those haters when my brother bought him one a couple years ago. He let me drive it for a weekend and that car rocks! I took my girlfriend (now my wife) out another weekend to the mountains just cruising along the Blue Ridge Parkway with the top down shiftin gears, man that was fun.

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[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: AmigaMan
yeah I used to be one of those haters when my brother bought him one a couple years ago. He let me drive it for a weekend and that car rocks! I took my girlfriend (now my wife) out another weekend to the mountains just cruising along the Blue Ridge Parkway with the top down shiftin gears, man that was fun.

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Nice ride!
I like those rims.. which ones are they, and how much did it cost?